The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies: Containing an Entire Translation of the Spanish Work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo, with Large Additions and Compilations from Modern Voyages and Travels and from Original and Authentic Information. In five volumes. Vol. I. [-V.].James Carpenter, ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, ... White, Cochrane and Company and Murray, ... London; Parker, Oxford; and Deighton, Cambridge., 1814 |
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Pàgina 2
... runs n.n. e . and enters the Paramá , between that De en Medio and the Caracañal . PABON , another , also a small river , in the same province , which runs s . and enters the Plata at its mouth , on the side opposite the capital . PAC ...
... runs n.n. e . and enters the Paramá , between that De en Medio and the Caracañal . PABON , another , also a small river , in the same province , which runs s . and enters the Plata at its mouth , on the side opposite the capital . PAC ...
Pàgina 6
... runs s . until it enters the sea in the bay or gulf of Panamá . PACTLICHAN , a settlement of the head set- tlement of the district of Ancantepée , and alcaldía mayor of Tlapa , in Nueva España . It contains 90 families of Indians , who ...
... runs s . until it enters the sea in the bay or gulf of Panamá . PACTLICHAN , a settlement of the head set- tlement of the district of Ancantepée , and alcaldía mayor of Tlapa , in Nueva España . It contains 90 families of Indians , who ...
Pàgina 13
... runs n . and enters the Piray . PALOMINO , a river of the province and go- vernment of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada , which rises in the sierra of the Po- segueicas Indians , runs n . and enters the sea be- tween the cape ...
... runs n . and enters the Piray . PALOMINO , a river of the province and go- vernment of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada , which rises in the sierra of the Po- segueicas Indians , runs n . and enters the sea be- tween the cape ...
Pàgina 24
... runs e . then turns n . and returning to e . unites itself in a large stream with the river La Sal , and these together run into the Angoyaco . PANGUE , a small river of the province and corregimiento of Maule , in the kingdom of Chile ...
... runs e . then turns n . and returning to e . unites itself in a large stream with the river La Sal , and these together run into the Angoyaco . PANGUE , a small river of the province and corregimiento of Maule , in the kingdom of Chile ...
Pàgina 27
... runs to the e . of the city , its course is n . and s . It discharged itself formerly into the lake of Valencia , but by a re- volution of nature it is now made to fall into the Apure , and thus contribute to swell the Orinoco . A canal ...
... runs to the e . of the city , its course is n . and s . It discharged itself formerly into the lake of Valencia , but by a re- volution of nature it is now made to fall into the Apure , and thus contribute to swell the Orinoco . A canal ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 176 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Pàgina 176 - Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Pàgina 176 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Pàgina 66 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Pàgina 67 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Pàgina 183 - The experience that was had in this common course and condition, tried sundry years and that amongst godly and sober men, may well evince the vanity of that conceit of Plato's and other ancients applauded by some of later times; that the taking away of property and bringing in community into a commonwealth would make them happy and flourishing; as if they were wiser than God.
Pàgina 176 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have...
Pàgina 548 - The lands at all other places in possession of the French people and other white settlers among them, of which the Indian title has been extinguished as mentioned in the 3d article ; and 4th.
Pàgina 548 - States relinquish their claims to all other Indian lands northward of the river Ohio, eastward of the Mississippi, and westward and southward of the Great Lakes and the waters uniting them, according to the boundary line agreed on by the United States and the King of Great Britain, in the treaty of peace made between them in the year 1783.
Pàgina 67 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.